EDITORIAL: Smith poured soul into MLK scholars

10:15 AM,
Apr. 26, 2013

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The Daily News Journal

Without Dr. George Smith's dedication to education, hundreds of high-achieving black students in Rutherford County may not have been able to go to college.

For the past three decades, the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund, created and led by Smith, has provided almost $1 million in assistance to 459 students. It also provides a Leadership Academy for young people.

Funds raised through donations from businesses and individuals are given out at an annual dinner banquet like the one at Middle Tennessee State University's new Student Union Building Friday during which 43 students were ...